Brush-making machine.



A. W. NIOREY.

BRUSH MAKING MACHINE.

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1,162,639. Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

lmmbmtoz ALEXANDER W. MOREY, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

BRUSH-MAKING MACHINE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3o, 1915.

Application filed December 15, 1914. Serial No. 877,390.

To all whom 'it 'may Concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER W. l\Ionr.Y, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Troy, in the county ot' Rensselaer and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Brush-MakingMachines, of which the following is a. specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a machine for making brushesand daubers, such as are used in polishing shoes, making stencils, forpainting or cleaning purposes and the like. l

The invention contemplates, among other features, the provision of amachine for quickly and without danger to the, operator` securing theusual bristles in a holder and whereby they will be held firmly therein,a suitablev plug being provided for the purpose and which, forced intothe holder. will. securely hold the bristles of the brush body therein.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, constitutingr a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters otreference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which:

Figure. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view, the device being shown inposition for advancing a plug into a holder; Fig. 2 is a similar view.showing the plug about to be secured in the holder, the brush body beingshown in section; Fig. is a vertical sectional view taken through thedevice for advancing the leader and plug into the. brush body; Fig. 4 isa horizontal sectional view taken on the line 4-4 in Fig. 2; and Fig. 5is a perspective view of the member for supljlorting the leader andplug.

Referring more particularly to the, views, I disclose a driver 10 in.the nature of a rod and which is adapted to be actuated by suitable handor mechanical power to slide through a supporting member 11 in the na-vture of a sleeve and which is preferably provided with a vertical slot12 with a stop pin 13 carried b v the driver 10 and operating in theslot 12 to limit the. sliding movement of the driver with respect to thesnpportingr member 11. The. driver 10 carries a collar 14 and thesupporting member 1l is formed with a collar 15, an expansible helicalspring,r lt', being arranged to loosely encircle the driver 10 and abutagainst the mentioned collars 11 and 15 whereby the supporting memberwill normally be at the lowermost end ot' the driver, Said supportingmember being held upon the driver by the stop pinlengaging the collar 15of the supporting member, as shown.

The supporting member is preferably tapered and includes a plurality ofdepending spring-like gripping members 17 which, on account of the taperof the supporting member, converge, said gripping members extendingdownwardly below the. lower end of the supporting member to receive andsupport a plug 1S andfa leader 19 carried in advance ot and below theplug 1S. A projection 2() extends horizontally from the collar 15 and isadapted to engage a sub stantiall)Y angular member 21 arranged injuxtaposition to the. supporting member 11, said projectitni only comingin .Contact with said member Z1 when the. driver 1() is forceddownwardly and when vso operated, causing the. sui'iporting member 11 tobe brought to a stationary position and'prevcnted from further movingdownwardly with the driver, whereas the driver, continuing in itsdownward movement. forces the leader and pluglr out of engagement withthe springlike gripping members 17, as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth.

A base 1:2 supports the brush head 21? and which consists in thisinstance o't'a holder 2l in which are arranged the. usual `bristles 25,the said bristles, however, being sul stantially loose. in the. holderand adapted to be rigidly secured therein by the plug 1S. .lhcrefore,when it. is desired to complete the brush head 23 by rigidly securingthe bristles in thel holder` thc. holder with the bristles thereonplaced upon the hase 22 and immediately beneath the supporting member l1carried by the driver and holding the plug 18, with the leader 19 belowit, said plug and leader being held in superposed relation to the brushbody by the spring-like gripping members 17. A downward pressure nowexerted upon the driver advances the supporting member 1.1 and driveruntil the leader passes into the bristles of the brush body.. and whenthe leader has been sutlicicntly advanced in the brush body thecontinued downward movement of the driver brings the projection 20 intoengagement with llununibcr 2l. thus holding the supporting member so(hat thil driver can further advance and siide through the supportingmember, thereby pushing the leader downwardly through the holder 24 andinto the base 22, While the plug, following the path formed in thebristles by the leader, will be forced and pressed into the holder 24,thus securing the bristles rigidly in the holder.

lVhen the downward pressure on the driver is released and the driver ismoved upwardly a suflicient distance, the spring 16, operating againstthe supporting member, will facilitate the downward sliding movement ofthe supporting member upon the driver so that the supporting member willagain be in its initial position upon the driver Vand ready for the nextplug and leader. Thus` when it is desired to secure the bristles of abrush in a holder, it is only necessary to arrange the holder upon thebase. with the bristles already arranged in the holder and then load thesupportingr member with the plug and leader as mentioned. after whichthe downward pressure upon the driver will advance the leader and pluginto the bristles of the brush so that the leader will form or provide apath and the plug. coming immediately behind it, will be forced into theholder and secure the bristles therein.

As shown, it will be seen that the base 22 rests upon a surface or table2G and the member 21 is preferably secured upon the table surface sothat its upper angular end will lie in juxtaposition to the supportingrmember in the desired spaced relation to the projection 20 whereby, whenthe apparatus is operated, the engagement of the projection with theangular end of the member 21 will hold the supporting member againstfurther downward movement while the driver, continuing downwardly,forces the leader and plug into the brush so that the plug will beforced into the holder to secure the bristles.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a plug inserting device for brush making, a driver. a stop pin onthe driver, a sleeve surrounding and slidable on the driver and having aslot for the stop pin, a spring on the driver above the sleeve andnoi-mall)7 holding it against the stop pin, and spring jaws on thesleeve constructed to rcleasably hold a. plug and a leader below thesame.

2. In a plug inserting device for brush making, a driver, a stop pin onthe driver, a sleeve surrounding and slidable on the driver and having aslot for the stop pin` and a lateral projection adapted to engage afixed support, a spring on the driver above the sleeve and firmlyholding it against the stop pin, and spring jaws on the sleeveconstructed to releasably hold a plug and a leader below the same.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER W. MOREY. 'itnesses JOHN H. Asn, l\f'L-\RTHA C. BANTELMAN.

